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Welcome Thread - v346

Sloan the DEV Moderator on October 08, 2025

Leave a comment below to introduce yourself! You can talk about what brought you here, what you're learning, or just a fun fact about yourself. Re...
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Elvis Bitolo • Edited

Hi guys, I'm a Certified AWS Cloud practitioner. I am currently doing a Solution Architect Associate level. Outside of the cloud, I'm a Python lover, currently learning HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React. I'm happy to be in the Dev Community. I'm live in Kenya, Nairobi city.

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Chris Jarvis

Welcome to DEV!

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Elvis Bitolo

Thanks

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Jake Hope - Wolfstack UK

Welcome Elvis, happy to help with HTML, CSS or JavaScript challenges you may face!

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Aleksei

Hey everyone!

Glad to finally be a part of community and not just a lurker. I’m building and working on a few services at the moment. Latest and the one I’m focusing on is a link management/shortening service. Shortening as it turns out is the least of it :)

I am involved in Prop Trading Tech as well as Crypto trading automations too, have had the pleasure of always wearing multiple hats at once and in iteration.

I’m from cloudy Tallinn, Estonia.

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Chris Jarvis

Nothing wrong with lurking a bit. Welcome to the community.

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Nikolay Kozenko • Edited

Hello everyone! «I’m in my fourth year of university. Fullstack developer with more focus on frontend. I use react+typescript, Next.js, Node.js, Nest.js different databases. I'd like to find new friends in IT world and find job! Let me know if someone has the same experiences, let's develop togeather! I would be glad to find like-minded people :) here is my telegram: t.me/Vesely_Kolyanchik
Text me everyone who wants to talk about programming and who knows English

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Chris Jarvis

Welcome to DEV.

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Nikolay Kozenko

Thanks!

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Ben Halpern The DEV Team

Welcome everyone!

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Gilad Trachtenberg

Hi there!

Super happy to actively join the community, at long last! I'm 26, and I'm a DevOps Engineer with roughly 4 years of experience. I'm looking to improve my programming skills (namely Rust and Javascript) and study more about DevOps every day.

Cheers!

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estelle

Hey everyone,
New girl dev joining here, I'm excited to see, comment, learn, and also see your thoughts on the newest updates!

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Husam Al-Awadi

Hi, new developer joining the community, I'm happy to be here

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jil

Good day everyone !!

I'm happy to be a part of the community. I am a Full-Stack Web Developer, building and working on corporation. I want to start building connections and network, and also learn from different devs out there.

Thank you !!

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Chris Jarvis

Hello new members, welcome to DEV!

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Goombas

Hey DEV 👋

Been buried for a year building a massive event-driven TypeScript platform — think chaos, tokens, and too many domains talking through an event bus.

Everything’s finally clicking and I’m looking to connect with a few terminally-online builders who want to help ship madness (i really need help lol 👀).

If that sounds like your kind of fun, come say hi.

Adom

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Tousif Izaz

Hey Everyone!
Just joined recently because I wanted to turn my social media screentime into something more productive(??)
Currently doing MSCS in California, got my bachelors in Finance. Currently learning golang and loving it! Also trying to give technical writing a shot, always wanted be a writer, but now that AI is here, I feel like I forgot how to write my thoughts down.

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Rolan Lobo

Hello DEV community! 🙌
I’m Rolan
I love creating digital experiences that blend creativity and functionality
Thrilled to be here
can’t wait to learn from everyone
and maybe even collaborate on something cool😄

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Steven Wallace

Hey all, I'm a software engineer looking to get more comfortable with AI development. I've been having fun with the OpenAI Agents SDK and now trying to get comfortable with LLM training and tools like LangChain. I thought this would be a good place to share what I've learned and connect with other developers. I'm from the US, but currently based out of Tokyo.

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Vineet Kumar

बिलकुल — मैं इसे एक प्यारी, साफ़-सुथरी कहानी में बदल देता हूँ। यहाँ एक छोटा मज़ेदार किस्सा है तुम्हारे शब्दों से प्रेरित होकर:


एक बार की बात है, छोटे गाँव के किनारे पर एक नटखट खरगोश और उसकी दोस्त एक शरारती बकरी रहती थी। बकरी का नाम गिन्नी था — उसे घूमना और नई-नई चीज़ें ट्राय करना बहुत पसंद था। खरगोश का नाम चिंकी था — हमेशा कुछ न कुछ प्लान बनाता रहता।

एक दिन गिन्नी ने बुलंद आवाज़ में कहा, “चिंकी, आज मैं शहर जाकर रंग-बिरंगी रिबन लाना चाहती हूँ।”
“चलो,” चिंकी ने कहा, “साइकिल पर चलते हैं — तेज़ भी और मज़ेदार भी।”

गाँव के बाज़ार तक पहुंचते-पहुंचते गिन्नी साइकिल चलाना सीख चुकी थी। वह जल्दी से संतुलन बना लेती और दोनों हँसते-खेलते दूर चल दिए। तभी रास्ते के पेड़ के पीछे से एक बड़ा, पर दिल वाला भालू निकल आया — जिसका नाम भोला था। भोला थोड़ा शर्मीला था, पर उसे साइकिलें देखकर बड़ी दिलचस्पी हुई।

भोला ने नम्रता से पूछा, “क्या मैं थोड़ी देर के लिए साइकिल चला सकता हूँ? मैंने कभी नहीं चलाई।”
गिन्नी ने सोचा — नम्रता दिखाना अच्छा होता है — और बोली, “ठीक है, पर ध्यान रखना।”

भोला ने बहुत सावधानी से साइकिल चलाई। पहले तो वह धीरे-धीरे चला, फिर थोड़ी बहादुरी करके कुछ छोटे-छोटे चक्कर लगाए। पर अचानक मिट्टी का एक छोटा गड्ढा आ गया और साइकिल का बेलन फिसल गया। भोला डर गया और साइकिल को वहीं छोड़कर भागा नहीं — बल्कि पास के पेड़ों के पत्तों से एक रंग-बिरंगी गुबारियाँ तोड़ी और गिन्नी के लिए एक छोटी माफ़ी-नोट छोड़ आया: “मैंने साइकिल संभालते हुए थोड़ी गलती कर दी। माफ़ कर दो — भोला।”

गिन्नी ने नोट पढ़ा और मुस्कुरा दी। वह समझ गई कि भोला डर के बावजूद ईमानदार रहा। चिंकी ने पास से चमकीले तारों से साइकिल की टूटी पेंच ठीक कर दी, और गिन्नी ने भोला को बुलाकर कहा, “कोई बात नहीं — अगली बार हम साथ सीखेंगे।”

अंत में गिन्नी ने रिबनें खरीद लीं, भोला ने नए दोस्त बनाए, और चिंकी ने सबके लिए चॉकलेट बाँटी। गाँव में हर कोई हँसता-खेलता घर लौट आया — और साइकिल भी ठीक होकर वापस आ गई।


अगर चाहो तो मैं इस कहानी को और लंबी कर दूँगा — जैसे कि साइकिल की मरम्मत का मज़ेदार तरीका, या भोला का बाद में किसी बड़ी मदद की कहानी जोड़ दूँ। बताओ तुम्हें कैसे चाहिए — हँसी-मज़ाक वाली, या थोड़ी सीख देने वाली? 😊

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Idoko oyare

Hello Everyone,

My name is Victor. I’m a student with a strong passion for science, technology, and spirituality. I’m currently learning web development, and I see coding not just as a skill, but as a way to create meaningful tools that can help people and solve real problems.

What brought me to this platform is curiosity — I want to understand how websites actually work, how code turns into experiences, and how developers think when they debug, build, and optimize.

I believe learning DevTools is one of the smartest ways to grow as a developer because it forces you to see what’s happening behind the scenes. For me, this isn’t just about writing code — it’s about learning to think like a builder.

I’m here to learn, experiment, and grow through practice. I look forward to connecting with others who are passionate about building things that make a difference.

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Bruno Amaral • Edited

Hey guys, Bruno here!
I'm a Product Manager currently working with payments and billing systems alongside an amazing team.
Our team works mostly with Ruby on Rails — a framework I’ve been using for the past few years and have really grown to love.
That’s why I’ve decided to transition into software engineering.
I’m here to improve my learning process, keep growing as a developer, and stay up to date with what’s going on!
I'm from Sao Paulo, Brazil

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abhijeet singh

Hey everyone!

I’m Abhijeet Singh, a frontend developer passionate about JavaScript, React, and building tools that make dev life easier. Over the years, I’ve worked on projects ranging from interactive web apps to developer utilities, and I’m excited to share my learnings, tips, and code snippets here.

💡 What you can expect from me:

Tutorials on JavaScript, React, and frontend development

Short coding tips and tricks

Practical examples you can use in your own projects

I’d love to connect with other developers, get feedback, and grow together as a community.

🌐 You can also check out my website for devs here: TrueFormatter

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Rebecca Respawn

Hi, my name is Rebecca. I'm a visual artist who does traditional art with mixed media and wanted to do more 3d type of visionary art inspired apps and games.

🌙 I always loved Skyrim and Witcher, but want the satisfaction of simultaneously making my own art, music and real art science experiments within my apps.

✨ I am currently working on building a complex monorepo with apps that work together via modular nodes. 💜
 You can find me at bekalah.github.io/cathedral.

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Robin Jones

Hey everyone,

I’m part of a small developer team that’s been working in the FX space for a while. One thing that always surprised us was that MetaQuotes never released an official API for MetaTrader 4 or 5. After years of running into the same limitations, we decided to dig deeper, reverse engineer it, and build our own solution from scratch.

It’s been a long process of figuring out how to make trading data, account management, and automation accessible in a more modern and flexible way. I’m here to learn from others who’ve built tools around finance, data, and automation — and to share some of what we’ve discovered along the way.

Excited to be here and to connect with fellow developers.

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Jarne

Hey everyone!

I've just crossed the 5-year mark on my development journey. What started as a kid's hobby has led me to start my bachelor studies just 5 years later. During the last weeks I came to the conclusion that I want to share what I've learned along these years and how I managed to land (and keep) my first job as a junior developer; just a year after opening an IDE for the first time as a 14 years old student.

I don't think i'd feel really comfortable with sitting in front of a recording camera, so here I am, on my way to write my first blog :)

~Jarne

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wyctor

Hey all,

I'm a product manager that's doing a lot more vibe-coding lately than product managing, to everyone's despair.
Looking to lean a bit more into the developer side of things and engaging with you all.

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Memba-OS

Hello there!
I'm really just a newbie in IT and dev. Fell into the open-source rabbit hole while trying to learn Python, which led me here. I hope (and I know) my IT skills will step-up with that community!

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Nora Balla-Muller

Hello World!

I am a senior full-stack software engineer from the heart of Transylvania, Romania. Besides my work I enjoy coffee made of locally roasted high quality beans.

For a couple of years I am working on financial applications, with more Microsoft technologies based back-end focus blended with some front-end development.

I would like to keep up with trending technologies and not only.

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prachi

Hi, everyone I'm first year btech student. i would like to learn and contribute valuable. Thank you!! _

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Marvellous Ediagbonya

Hello everyone. I'm new here! I'm currently learning HTML< CSS > JAVASCRIPT.
I would like to collaborate and meet new people.

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Nikolay Kozenko

Hi!!!!!!!! I’m a fourth-year student with 3 years react frontend experience. Where are you from? Right now I am passing traineeship. let's develop togeather!

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Hello DEV community! 🙌🏻

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Antony Brahin

Hello Everyone! New here, trying out new AI capabilities.

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Maryam Olaitan

I’m a beginner web developer with basic HTML/CSS skills. Looking for a learning partner or mentor to share progress, review code, and stay accountable.

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Shinigami

Hello everyone!

Lurker for months.
Finally here and will try to give back as much as possible :)

Nice to meet you all

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TecX CTO

Hello

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Florian

Hello everyone!

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Eduardo Alves

Hi guys,

I'm now part of this community. I'm a QA Engineer from São Paulo, Brazil. I'm delving deeper into Performance Testing.

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Mourad Riahi

Hi everyone !

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Sosnac

Hello everyone!

I'm a tech enthusiast with little knowledge and I'm proud to be part of the community and you know what I love it, you guys are amazing. I'm learning something new everyday...__

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Simon

Hello, I am a current Information System Master student from germany. I am working as data analyst/engineer as well and programm in my free time. Currently learning rust :)

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Ivan Orekhov

Hi everyone! I’m based in Munich and currently work as a frontend team lead. In parallel, I’m growing a small indie game development studio. I’d love to share knowledge and meet new connections.

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Naya Parker

Thanks for welcoming me...

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Azart M.

Hello!

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Truong Malasi

Hello hello!!!!

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陈鑫 • Edited

很高兴加入这个大家庭 各位大佬有tg交流群的话 麻烦拉一下 想跟大家多交流交流 谢谢🙏

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Nagendra Yadav

Hi Everyone, I am a Tech enthusiast, Entrepreneur, IndieHacker. Currently building: BlogNow.Tech

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Jake Hope - Wolfstack UK

Hello everyone!

First time here. I’m a frontend web developer, building websites for small businesses here in the UK.

Looking to collaborate and learn new skills and sharpen old ones.

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Elvis Bitolo

Welcome jake

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Manju Pandey

Tell me about the planets

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sangeetha kaushik

Hello everyone,
I am a .net developer interested in learning , problem solving and implementing real world solutions.
Glad to know about dev.to. today.

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Xuan P.

Hey everyone!

I'm Xuan and I'm really excited to be joining the dev.to community.
Looking forward to sharing what I learn and connecting with you all!

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Duongo Man

Hey everyone!

How you doing?